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Exploring Life via a Psychosomatics & Emotional Anatomy Lens
by Gillian Maddigan & Bianca Moeschinger
Integration: Gathering the Body’s Wisdom as the Year Comes to a Close

Author: Bianca Moeschinger

November 2025


As the year draws to a close, something inside us naturally begins to soften. The pace shifts. The body slows. The mind becomes reflective. In PEAT, we call this an integration cycle — a sacred pause where the work we’ve done throughout the year begins to...

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Our Emotional Anatomy: The Language of the Body

Author: Bianca Moeschinger

October 2025


There is a language that the body speaks long before the mind understands.
It doesn’t use words — it speaks through sensation, breath, and movement.
It sighs through the lungs, tightens through the shoulders, swells through the heart, and folds quietly into ...

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The Dance of Life: Polarity, Power, and the Space In Between

Author: Bianca Moeschinger

April 2025


Life — it’s just a dance.
Always has been.
A dance of rhythm and feedback, of expansion and contraction.

We are constantly navigating a web of choices — inside our minds, through our bodies, and within the unseen chemistry between thought and feeling.

The ...

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Reparenting the Self: The Dance Between Memory and Becoming

Author: Bianca Moeschinger

April 2025


Following on from my last two blogs and podcast episodes, I’ve been left lingering with a question I know many of us ask:

"But what do I do now?"

I’m an adult. I can’t go back and change my childhood.
I am, in many ways, the product of my upbringing — of w...

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Chewing on the Truth – And Why Silence Can Speak Louder

Author: Bianca Moeschinger

April 2025


There’s something I’ve noticed in myself over time — a pattern, a habit, a dance with discomfort.

Whenever I have a gut feeling that feels intense — fiery, inflammatory, the kind that could cause a ripple or reaction — I don’t speak it. Not at first.

Inste...

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What Is the Right Thing to Do?

Author: Bianca Moeschinger

March 2025


The quiet war between our head, heart, and gut.

At some point—maybe every day—we’re faced with the question:
What is the right thing to do?

It sounds simple, even noble. Do the right thing. Be the good person. Make the right choice. But what happens when t...

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Breath as a Gateway: Psychosomatic Insights into Balance

Author: Bianca Moeschinger

December 2024


Breathing is our first act of life, the moment we reconcile with gravity and the external world. This primal action is orchestrated by the diaphragm, a vital muscle located in the solar plexus chakra. The diaphragm acts as the body’s bellows, creating a d...

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The Psychosomatic Power of Breath and the Diaphragm

Author: Bianca Moeschinger

December 2024


Breathing is much more than a physical act. It’s an intricate process that shapes both our physical and emotional anatomy. The lungs occupy the chest cavity, extending down to the lower ribs. When we breathe in, our thoracic cavity expands in three dimens...

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The Psychosomatic Impact of Judgement on the Body

Author: Bianca Moeschinger

December 2024


The Diaphragm: A Bridge Between Two Worlds

The diaphragm and kidneys are situated in the solar plexus chakra, which serves as the home of judgment, fear, and focus. Together, they form a gateway between the known and the unknown, bridging the mental and ...

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Conception to Adulthood: The Structure of Performance in Psychosomatic Therapy

Author: Gillian Maddigan

December 2024


What makes us who we are? How do our genetics, environment, and choices combine to shape not just our abilities but our physical and emotional patterns? Psychosomatic Therapy offers profound insights into this question, exploring how our mind, body, and emo...

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The Power of Intention: How focus shapes our reality

Author: Bianca Moeschinger

October 2024


Intention is more than just a wish or a thought—it's a point of focus, a guiding force that directs energy and action toward a desired outcome. Behind every intention lies a network of tension, a complex interplay of energy centers (chakras), nervous syste...

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My Journey with large thighs and a knee lock

Author Gillian Maddigan - 12th January 2024

Psychosomatics and Emotional Anatomy Master Class


One of the biggest body challenges over the 45 years of living my body has been my relationship with my thighs since 13 years of age.

One of the anchor stories was being the fatty in my family this was...

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